List of The Citadel Bulldogs head baseball coaches

The Citadel Bulldogs baseball program is a college baseball team that represents The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the Southern Conference. The Bulldogs compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I.

The Citadel did not begin keeping complete records for its baseball program until 1954, after seven schools left the SoCon to form the Atlantic Coast Conference. Known records for full seasons are listed below. Partial season records are not included.

There have been 27 head baseball coaches at The Citadel, many of whom also coached football and/or basketball. Of coaches with known records, Fred Jordan has won the most games with 831. "Rip" Simpson recorded the highest winning percentage, at .833 in 1908. Of coaches with more than one season at the helm, Mack Erwin's .672 winning percentage is the highest. Chal Port coached for 27 seasons, the longest of any coach.[1]

Key

Coaches

List of head baseball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards *Statistics correct as of the end of the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season
# Name Term[A 8] GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PA PW PL WA WW WL DCs CCs CTs NCs Awards[A 9][2]
1 Unknown 1899–1904, 1906, 1913, 1939–1940 16 8 8 0 .500 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
2 Mr. Gunner 1905 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
3 J. W. Moore 1907 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
4 O. B. "Rip" Simpson 1908 6 5 1 0 .833 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
5 Babe Brothers 1909 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
6 George A. Schmick 1910 10 4 6 0 .400 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
7 Barney Legge 1911 8 2 5 1 .313 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
8 Ralph McLaurin 1912 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
9 George C. Rogers 1914–1915, 1921–1924 62 26 36 0 .419 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
10 Thomas S. McMillan 1916, 1919 20 8 12 0 .400 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
11 Harry J. O'Brien 1917–1918 12 3 9 0 .250 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
12 Ed Sabre 1920 4 3 1 0 .750 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
13 Bulldog Drummond 1925 9 2 7 0 .222 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
14 H. L. "Matty" Matthews 1926–1930, 1937–1938 36 10 25 1 .292 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
15 Jimmy Floyd 1931 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
16 Tatum Gressette 1935 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
17 Red Smith 1936 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
18 Dusty Rhodes 1947 7 2 5 0 .286 — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 0 —
19 Bunzy O'Neal 1948 13 6 7 0 .462 — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 0 —
20 Jeff Clark 1949,1951 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 —
21 Jim Bailey 1950 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 —
22 John D. McMillan 1952–1953 20 9 11 0 .450 — — — — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 —
23 Fred Montsdeoca 1954–1956 64 31 33 0 .484 13 10 0 .565 — — — — — — — 0 — 0 —
24 Mack Erwin 1957–1960 93 62 30 1 .672 24 12 1 .662 1 1 2 0 — — — 1 — 0 —
25 Jim Newsome 1961–1964 80 37 43 0 .463 15 30 0 .333 — — — — — — — — — 0 —
26 Chal Port 1965–1991 1092 641 386 2 .624 240 156 1 .606 5 9 10 1 1 2 — 7 1 0 SN (1990); SoCon (1975, 79, 82, 83, 90, 91)
27 Fred Jordan 1992–2017 1537 831 706 0 .541 399 306 0 .566 7 4 14 0 0 0 — 5 7 0 SoCon (1995, 99, 2003, 10)
28 Tony Skole 2018–2024 339 123 216 0 .363 22 76 0 .229 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 —

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
  2. ^ The Citadel was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1908 until 1936, but the conference did not sponsor baseball. The Southern Conference did not sponsor baseball until 1947.
  3. ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
  4. ^ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Baseball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1947.
  5. ^ College World Series appearances include seasons with CWS bids since the tournament began in 1947.
  6. ^ The Southern Conference used divisions from 1969 to 1970 and 1984 to 1988.
  7. ^ The Southern Conference held a tournament from 1950 until 1953 and resumed the tournament in 1984.
  8. ^ The Citadel did not sponsor a baseball team from 1932 to 1934 or 1941 to 1946.
  9. ^ National, regional and conference coach of the year awards.

References

  1. ^ The Citadel 2011 Baseball Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 105. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  2. ^ "Coaches of the Year". citadelsports.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2013.